Even if you don’t get the homage to Peter Gabriel based on the cover to Nube Negra, the third full length from Chile’s Demoniac, you’ll feel that sense of restless exploration in the thrash band’s sonic assault. It can be a bit startling to hear where bands now are taking the genre I fell in love with 40 years ago; the music here seemed primed for a younger, more voracious mind. I can barely keep up, but that doesn’t mean I don’t thoroughly enjoy the attempt.

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